Farrington, Wai'anae share top news award

Advertiser Staff

Farrington High School and Wai'anae High tied as Best Overall Issue Award winners in the Hawai'i State High School Journalism Awards competition.

Merit Award winner in the Established Division was Mililani High; Intermediate Division, Nanakuli High; and Beginning Division, Honoka'a High & Intermediate.

Following are state winners (*) and other district winners:

EDITORIAL WRITING: Waiakea*, Baldwin, Kailua, Kaiser, Kaua'i, Mililani, Nanakuli, Punahou.

FEATURE WRITING: Farrington*, Haw-aiian Mission Academy, Kahuku, Kau-a'i, Maui, Mililani, Waiakea, Waipahu.

LAYOUT & DESIGN: Farrington*, Ho-noka'a, Kailua, Kaua'i, Lahainaluna, Radford, Sacred Hearts; Wai'anae.

NEWS WRITING: Sacred Hearts Academy*, Baldwin, Honoka'a, Kahuku, Kaua'i, Moanalua, Roosevelt, Wai'anae.

PHOTOGRAPHY OR ILLUSTRATION: Castle*, Baldwin, Hawaiian Mission, Honoka'a, Kaiser, Kaua'i, Mililani, Wai'anae.

SPORTS WRITING: Baldwin*, Castle, Farrington, Hawai'i Baptist, Kaua'i, Moanalua, Waiakea, Waipahu.

MOST VALUABLE STAFFERS: 'Aiea, Crystal Ishihara; Baldwin, Cody Tesoro; Campbell, Mary Ann Retondo; Castle, Channa Kobayakawa; Damien, Josef Aurelio; Farrington, May Arvie Godoy; Hawai'i Baptist, Lesa Bowman; Hawaiian Mission, Tiara Tinai; Honoka'a, Jaydene Kanekoa; Iolani, Janna Normington; Kahuku, Cory Estioko; Kailua, Stacy Harada; Kaiser, Ryan Loeffers; Kamehameha, No'u Revilla; Kapa'a, Marissa Agena; Kaua'i, Paris Mackey; Lahainaluna, Jessica Luben; Lanakila Baptist, Aric Estrella; Lutheran, Stacia Baek; Maui, Shayna Doi; McKinley, Simran "Simmy" Singh; Mililani, Kelli Ann Harada; Moanalua, Natalia Oribio; Nanakuli, Nikita Mendoca; Punahou, Shannon Miwa; Radford, Erika Baldwin; Roosevelt, Aaron Sakamoto; Sacred Hearts, Dai Ngo; Saint Louis, Matthew Matsumura; St. Andrew's Priory, Kathryn Rose Ranney; St. Francis-Manoa, Tanya Ngo; Waiakea, Joelle Penisten; Waialua, Lorin Milotta; Wai'anae, Liberty Peralta; Waipahu, Shannon Onaga.